Burnley v Palace report

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https://www.uptheclarets.com/weve-final ... -first-win

Welcome back CT, an excellent report, your country needs you!

Just looking at the picture of Pope’s late save I see he closed his eyes! Soft Lad !

Roger Mellie - the man from the telly!

Huge sigh of relief here, too. I think my contributions to the 'swear box' went up considerably in the 2nd half. I've seen so many games down the years where a win was so important and this is added to that list. Nothing spectacular from any individual but a lot of grit and determination, especially in the midfield area where a lot of unselfish and unseen work was put in. Hopefully a bit calmer in our living room this evening.

I thought some of our approach play, particularly in the first half, was excellent. We pressed them very well.
That dropped off somewhat in the second half, but we had enough to see it through.

My concern is the amount of chances we create. Even the top sided who win 3-0 have to create 12 or so chances. We had just 2 last night. We cannot expect to score with so few opportunities

My concern is the amount of chances we create. Even the top sided who win 3-0 have to create 12 or so chances. We had just 2 last night. We cannot expect to score with so few opportunities

gtclaret wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 24, 2020 5:03 pm

My concern is the amount of chances we create. Even the top sided who win 3-0 have to create 12 or so chances. We had just 2 last night. We cannot expect to score with so few opportunities

Two? You weren't watching the same game as I was.

Nice report. That is an awesome image of Nick Pope. That is 100% natural instinct. Not even Billy Mercer can teach you this. There was probably a milli-second decision time in making that save

warksclaret wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 24, 2020 5:54 pm

Nice report. That is an awesome image of Nick Pope. That is 100% natural instinct. Not even Billy Mercer can teach you this. There was probably a milli-second decision time in making that save

You're spot on, it's a bit like the instinct that strikers have to be in the right place at the right time - astonishing save from him last night.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 24, 2020 5:58 pm

You're spot on, it's a bit like the instinct that strikers have to be in the right place at the right time - astonishing save from him last night.

I hope Southgate has seen that performance.

boatshed bill wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 24, 2020 6:03 pm

I hope Southgate has seen that performance.

Won't make any difference though will it? I'd love to know what he does and doesn't see with Pope, Tarkowski and Mee.

boatshed bill wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 24, 2020 6:03 pm

I hope Southgate has seen that performance.

Southgate will have only noted any misplaced goal kicks!

gtclaret wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 24, 2020 5:04 pm

My concern is the amount of chances we create. Even the top sided who win 3-0 have to create 12 or so chances. We had just 2 last night. We cannot expect to score with so few opportunities

Historically, during our 4 and a bit PL seasons we don't need 12 chances to score - else we may have scored less than 5 per season. However it does depend on what you call chances. If by that you mean clear cut scoring chances then we might get 2 or, possibly, 3 per game. If you mean goal scoring opportunities in general then, like last night, we have several per game

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 24, 2020 6:04 pm

Won't make any difference though will it? I'd love to know what he does and doesn't see with Pope, Tarkowski and Mee.

No, you're more than likely right.
With Tarkowski and Mee i think it's more that they "old school" type defenders. Gareth is a dedicated follower of football fashion

gtclaret wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 24, 2020 5:04 pm

My concern is the amount of chances we create. Even the top sided who win 3-0 have to create 12 or so chances. We had just 2 last night. We cannot expect to score with so few opportunities

To be fair we had 4 shots on target out of 10

CT -on a par with Tom Heaton's at Old Trafford.I think it was Zlatan who absolutely smashed it from point blank and Tom got his frame in to block an absolute certain goal. How ball and GK did not end in the net staggered me

warksclaret wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 24, 2020 6:38 pm

CT -on a par with Tom Heaton's at Old Trafford.I think it was Zlatan who absolutely smashed it from point blank and Tom got his frame in to block an absolute certain goal. How ball and GK did not end in the net staggered me

Very similar to Tom's - we've been blessed with goalkeepers this last seven or eight years.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 24, 2020 6:04 pm

Won't make any difference though will it? I'd love to know what he does and doesn't see with Pope, Tarkowski and Mee.

He doesn't see the frills and doesn't sufficiently value the basics.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 24, 2020 6:44 pm

Very similar to Tom's - we've been blessed with goalkeepers this last seven or eight years.

Or blessed with someone who can spot a good one?
BPF is decent, and on first impressions Jensen could be another.

boatshed bill wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:31 pm

Or blessed with someone who can spot a good one?
BPF is decent, and on first impressions Jensen could be another.

Billy Mercer will have had a part to play with some of them but not Tom

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:49 pm

Billy Mercer will have had a part to play with some of them but not Tom

How is our recent record against Palace Tony? I've always had them down as a side we struggle against but that's 2 wins in a row now

Local cricketer wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 24, 2020 9:33 pm

How is our recent record against Palace Tony? I've always had them down as a side we struggle against but that's 2 wins in a row now

It is two in a row but they’d won the previous four after Hodgson had taken over

Always nice to beat a Hodgson team. Mee back for 2 games and two clean sheets. Coincidence ? The hell it is

Just read the report. I could swear that our first goal came from a cross by JGB from the right ( not left as reported). Also thought that the great save by Pope from Benteke was following a header but not from Benteke as reported. Maybe I am just confused ( I usually am )